Morphology, taxonomy and mating-type loci in natural populations of Volvox carteri in Taiwan

Abstract Background Volvox carteri f. nagariensis is a model taxon that has been studied extensively at the cellular and molecular level. The most distinctive morphological attribute of V. carteri f. nagariensis within V. carteri is the production of sexual male spheroids with only a 1:1 ratio of so...

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Main Authors: Hisayoshi Nozaki, Noriko Ueki, Mari Takusagawa, Shota Yamashita, Osami Misumi, Ryo Matsuzaki, Masanobu Kawachi, Yin-Ru Chiang, Jiunn-Tzong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Botanical Studies
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40529-018-0227-9